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... Most notable was his intention to extract 10,000 soldiers this year and 23,000 more by next summer, before the height of Afghanistan's ... and innovation remains to be seen. Re: This Week at War: End of the COIN Era? My first thought on the number was: Is ...

Blog post - Jun 23 2011 - 1:30pm - 64 comments - 0 attachments

... deal of discussion and debate.  I plan to continue this debate in a series of essays from our contributors.  I've ... expect a return on an investment. If I spend 40 hours in a week cooking hamburgers, I expect a paycheck. If I create a product that ...

Journal Article - Apr 5 2012 - 4:36am - 94 comments

... We, as a nation, are having a crisis of honor. Last week the Attorney General nominee Judge Michael Mukasey refused to define ... enemy would use torture at the slightest whim. If this is the case, then waterboarding is unquestionably being used as torture ...

Blog post - Oct 31 2007 - 2:30pm - 215 comments - 0 attachments

... next door While answering a question on Mexico this week at the Council on Foreign Relations, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary ...

Blog post - Sep 10 2010 - 7:42pm - 32 comments - 0 attachments

... And there are three overriding truths driving this IW: investors are more powerful than nation states; stateless actors are ... Kabul on a NATO-hosted trip. They were briefed for over a week on the many faces of progress and imminent success, and as they were ...

Journal Article - May 14 2012 - 4:42am - 61 comments

... and history of the "Dear Boss" letter, see this post . Dear Boss, I don’t just quit. I give up. ... a day of heavy attack but it sometimes went on for a week with little permanent damage. I have no idea how much detonation speed ...

Blog post - May 14 2012 - 4:55am - 41 comments - 0 attachments

... of the post-modern and highly abstract concepts offered in this article help generate some discourse, creative or critical thinking, then ... out and Outlaw- sorry, been out and about this week and not near a computer. Give me a bit to re-engage and I will read ...

Journal Article - Aug 7 2011 - 12:30pm - 83 comments

... , namely "repetitive raiding." Finel explains his proposal this way: [T]he vast majority of goals can be accomplished through ... wars to bring about this improvement. Re: This Week at War: Does the Pottery Barn Rule Still Apply? Rob's assessment is ...

Blog post - Mar 12 2010 - 6:03pm - 26 comments - 0 attachments

... improving the understanding of insurgency itself.  This will put current content into a more appropriate context and nuance in ... building but defeating insurgents use of violence . MY WEEK AS AN INSURGENT, I MY WEEK AS AN INSURGENT, I had to watch a few ...

Blog post - May 7 2012 - 5:12pm - 43 comments - 0 attachments

... country's purchase of the U.S.-built Joint Strike Fighter. This outcome is no doubt highly pleasing to the Pentagon. Getting the axe will ... doing any of its own deep bone-cutting. Re: This Week at War: The Biden Plan Returns Saying that an increase in kinetic ops ...

Blog post - Oct 22 2010 - 7:22pm - 30 comments - 0 attachments